Shoe hanger



Jan. 12,1926. 1,568,998

s. w. BRUCE SHOE HANGER Filed April ,1924 v Patented Jan. 12, 1926.

GEORGE W. BRUCE, 0F CHILDRESS, TEXAS.

SHOE HANGER.

Application filed April 21, 1924. Serial No. 707,955.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Gnonsn W. BRUCE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Childrcss, in the county of Childress and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe Hangers. ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for hanging orsupporting articles of foot wear such as shoes and slippers, and has asone of its objects to provide a device for this purpose which may beconveniently mounted upon a wall and will serve effectually as a meansfor supporting one or more pairs of slippers or shoes.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a device for the purposestated which may he formed from a single length of wire so that it maybe manufactured at a low cost and will be light in weight andsubstantial and durable.

Another object of the invention is to so form the device as to conformmore or less closely to the marginal contour of the toe of an ordinaryshoe or slipper so that such articles of footwear, when supported by thedevice, will be held in an upright position and therefore present anorderly appearance.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the shoe supportingmembers of the device that there will be no likelihood of injury to thelining of the shoe or slipper applied thereto.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device embodying the invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the upper portion of the device.

As previously stated, the device is formed from a single length of wireand comprises a substantially oblong rectangular frame, the side membersof which are indicated by the numeral 1, the top member by the numeral2, and the bottom member by the numeralB. Preferably the two ends of thestrand of wire from which the frame of the device is formed, are twistedtogether, as indicated by the numeral 4, at the bottom 3 of the frame,although these two ends may be brought together and united by welding orsolderin or in any other appropriate manner.

The shoe supporting members of the de-.

vice are indicated in general by the numeral Each of the supportingmembers 5 comprises a shank 6 and a head 7, and the members are formedby twisting the wire comprising the sides 1 of the frame, to provide thesaid shank 6 and forming, beyond the shank, a substantially ellipticalloop which constitutes the head 7, the loop being relatively narrow atits lower end where it joins the shank 6 and being of graduallyincreasing width toward its upper end, its said upper end beingtransversely arcuate and relatively blunt as indicated by the numoral 8.The shanks 6 0f the supporting members 5 extend substantially at rightangles from the plane of the frame of the device, whereas the heads 7are disposed atan angle so that the heads are inclined upwardly andoutwardly from the plane of the said frame. The members 5 are arrangedin pairs, the members of each pair be ing located opposite each other atthe opposite sides 1 of the frame, and any desired number of the pairsmay be formed depending upon the number of pairs of shoes or slippers tobe supported. At this point it will be evident that because of thecontour given the heads 7, the upper portions of the heads are adaptedto fit more or less snugly into the toe portions of the shoe or slippersdisposed thereon, and as a consequence the shoes or slippers will besupported in an orderly manner. Likewise the angular disposition of theheads 7 assists in the attainment of this result.

As a means for attaching the frame of the structure to a wall surface, apair of clips 9 is associated with the upper member 2 and lower member 3of the frame, and each of said clips is preferably formed from a sheetmetal blank bent at its intermediate portion to provide a sleeve portion10 rotatably fitting the upper member 2 or lower member 3 as the casemay be, and leaf portions 11 which are in mutual contact and are provided with registering openings 12 through which any suitable securingelement such a nail or screw may be passed and driven into the wallsurface.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a strand of wire bentto form a body including a vertically disposed portion which is crimp'edintermediate its length and in spaced relation to the free end of thecrimped portion twisted to provide a shoesupporting head and twistedshank connecting the head with the vertically disposed portion of saidbody, said head extending upwardly from said shank and being in the formof a loop rounded at its upper end and tapering downwardly t0 the shank.

2. A device of the class described comprising a frame of Wire havingspaced side members, and shoe supporting members forming an integralpart with said side members and each comprising a twisted shankextending from the respective side 10 member, and a head comprising aloop in the Wire upstanding from the outer end of the shank, the loopcomprising said head being of substantially elliptical form and broaderat its upper portion than at its lower por- 15 tion which joins theshank.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GEORGE W. BRUCE. [11. s]

